劲 (勁) jìn
adjective
strong; unyielding
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '勁')
Contained in
- 没劲儿(沒勁兒) to have no strength
- 省劲儿(省勁兒) to save effort
- 劲烈(勁烈) violent
- 加劲(加勁) to increase efforts; to make extra efforts
- 狠劲(狠勁) to exert all one's force; all-out effort
- 疾风知劲草(疾風知勁草) the storm put strong grass to the test; troubled times test a faithful minister
- 劲拔(勁拔) tall and straight
- 劲敌(勁敵) formidable opponent
- 较劲儿(較勁兒) to match one's strength with
- 劲挺(勁挺) strong
- 来劲(來勁) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir up
- 一个劲(一個勁) continuously; persistently; incessantly
- 劲旅(勁旅) strong contingent; elite squad
- 劲吹(勁吹) (the wind) blows violently
- 劲直(勁直) strong and upright
- 劲力(勁力) force; strength
- 费劲儿(費勁兒) to waste energy
- 费劲(費勁) to require effort; strenuous
- 不对劲儿(不對勁兒) not in good condition
- 犟劲儿(犟勁兒) obstinacy
- 韧劲(韌勁) tenacity
- 加劲儿(加勁兒) to increase effort
- 铆劲儿(鉚勁兒) to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
- 没劲(沒勁) to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest
- 较劲(較勁) to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging
- 嚼劲儿(嚼勁兒) chewiness
- 差劲(差勁) bad; no good; below average; disappointing
- 着劲儿(著勁兒) to put effort into something; to try really hard
- 劲卒(勁卒) elite soldiers; a crack force
- 铆足劲儿(鉚足勁兒) to exert all one's strength
- 犟劲(犟勁) obstinacy; tenacity
- 苍劲(蒼勁) bold; upright and strong; vigorous; forceful (brush strokes); sureness of touch
- 心劲(心勁) thoughts; what one has in one's heart
- 没有劲头儿(沒有勁頭兒) to have no strength
- 横竖劲儿(橫豎勁兒) firmness of determination
- 劲者先(勁者先) the stronger men will be in front
- 劲儿(勁儿) strength
- 死劲(死勁) all one's strength; with might and main
- 崭劲(嶄勁) very hard-working; assiduous
- 劲头(勁頭) strength ; enthusiasm; zeal; attitude
- 雄劲(雄勁) sturdy and strong
- 钻劲(鑽勁) application to the task
- 泄劲(洩勁) to lose heart; to feel discouraged
- 刚劲(剛勁) bold; vigorous
- 劲度系数(勁度係數) coefficient of restitution (in Hooke's law)
- 劲射(勁射) power shot (e.g. in soccer)
- 不对劲(不對勁) not in good condition; wrong; fishy
- 没有劲头(沒有勁頭) to have no strength; to feel weak; feeling listless
- 可劲(可勁) to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
- 对劲儿(對勁兒) suitable
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- 卷八十九 列傳第五十九 忠義 Volume 89 Biographies 59: Loyalty and Righteousness Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 18
- 卷二十六 韓一 Chapter 26: Han I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 9
- 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
- 卷一百八十九 志第一百四十二 兵三 Volume 189 Treatises 142: Military 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
- 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
- 卷83下 外戚下:高肇 于勁 胡國珍 李延實 Volume 83b: Families of Imperial Consorts 2 - Gao Zhao, Yu Jin, Hu Guozhen, Li Yanshi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 9
- 卷二十三 列傳第十一: 于栗磾 Volume 23 Biographies 11: Yu Lidi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 8
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷一 東周 Chapter 1: Eastern Zhou Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
- 卷65 列傳第30 周羅睺 周法尚 李景 慕容三藏 薛世雄 王仁恭 權武 吐萬緒 董純 趙才 Volume 65 Biographies 30: Zhou Luohou, Zhou Fashang, Li Jing, Murong Sancang, Xue Shixiong, Wang Rengong, Quan Wu, Tu Wanxu, Dong Chun, Zhao Cai Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 7
Collocations
- 劲兵 (勁兵) 得其眾不足以勁兵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《楚世家》 House of Chu — count: 14
- 劲弩 (勁弩) 勁弩強沖也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 13
- 兵劲 (兵勁) 則兵勁城固 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 7
- 劲吴 (勁吳) 卒擒勁吳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《范睢蔡澤列傳》 Biographies of Fan Sui and Cai Ze — count: 4
- 劲勇 (勁勇) 勁勇程氣 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十上 馬融列傳 Volume 60a: Biography of Ma Rong — count: 4
- 弓劲 (弓勁) 天下之彊弓勁弩皆從韓出 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蘇秦列傳》 Biography of Su Qin — count: 4
- 劲城固 (勁城固) 則兵勁城固 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 4
- 沈劲 (沈勁) 冠軍將軍陳祐留長史沈勁守洛陽 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八 帝紀第八 孝宗穆帝 哀帝 廢帝海西公 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Mu; Emperor Ai; Duke of Haixi — count: 3
- 天下劲 (天下勁) 而兵剸天下勁矣 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 3
- 劲悍 (勁悍) 荀閎勁悍 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu — count: 3